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WRKUSRPRF - search for part of name in description

I would like to have the possibility in WRKUSRPRF to search for a given string in the description of the user profile. If the users for example have the name Jens Petersen or Peter Jensen then I would like to be able to find them searching with th...
over 5 years ago in IBM i / Languages - CL (Control Language) 8 Not under consideration

VIOS Logging to a syslog endpoint

We are being pressured by our security teams to provide logging from the VIOs to a syslog endpoint that feeds splunk.We have a config from support that would allow this, but it has to be implemented via the oem_setup environment and is not support...
about 2 years ago in PowerVM VIOS 2 Future consideration

When 'chlickey' is used to apply a new 5051 key, set the Threshold parameter to *USGLMT

We use the HMC command line command 'chlickey' to apply new IBM i License Keys. Darn handy that, because I can script that to happen for every partition on a server! More better still yet, I don't need to sign on to all those partitions! Sweet! Gi...
about 1 year ago in IBM i / Install and Upgrade and Licensing 0 Submitted

Show program lib/name in webservice overview

Currently only the description name of the webservice is shown in the HTTP Admin server. This requires you to click on properties for each individual service to see to which library it is referring which is slow in the web interface. Use Case: Cur...
almost 3 years ago in IBM i / Web Serving 2 Future consideration

Evaluate Asymmetric Access State (ALUA state) on path recovery

On path recovery an AIX system does not evaluate the ALUA state of the path (which may have changed while there was no communication).
10 months ago in AIX 0 Submitted

Make MPIO path healthcheck timeout visible

We have noticed that the healthcheck timeout is different to the rw_timeout, but there is no documentation on how to modify, if it is related to other values or a fix hardcoded value. It would be interesting to make this value known and potentiall...
10 months ago in AIX 0 Submitted

Add a SQL Function to verify JWT (JSON Web Token)

We provide Webservices on IBM. The webservice consumers do an authentication with different types of tokens, e.g. RS256 (azure) or keycloak. It is very difficult, to verify such tokens in RPGLE. Yes, there are APIs like qc3verifysignature. But it ...
over 1 year ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Not under consideration

Provide DKIM signing to the SMTP server/client on IBM i

DomainKeys Identified Mail, or DKIM, is an authentication protocol that links a domain name to a message. The protocol allows you to sign your email with your domain name. The purpose of the DKIM protocol is not only to prove that the domain name ...
over 3 years ago in IBM i / Networking 5 Not under consideration

rendev updates

I would like to have the rendev command to be able to change rootvg disk(s) and take effect after reboot.
over 3 years ago in AIX 0 Future consideration

Improve IBM i Access ODBC Driver simultaneous connections by eliminating constant Windows registry updates

Please refer to IBM case number: TS014016695. It will fix the problem when ODBC driver creates multiple connections to the same host name as the same time. We had an issue in our organization when network connection drops between Windows cloud ser...
about 1 year ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 4 Future consideration

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